diff --git a/src/commands/schema/cli-help-first-screen.test.ts b/src/commands/schema/cli-help-first-screen.test.ts
index 9f9b929faf..7fe0c693db 100644
--- a/src/commands/schema/cli-help-first-screen.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/schema/cli-help-first-screen.test.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ const FIRST_SCREEN_RULES: Record<string, readonly string[]> = {
   debugging: [
     'Do not cat a full stale log into agent context',
     'logs clear --restart is the compact command to clear old logs and start a fresh capture; do not split it into logs stop, logs clear, logs start',
-    '--launch-console is only for direct iOS simulator app launches, not URL opens',
+    '--launch-console is only for local iOS simulator app launches, not URL opens',
     'network log is a supported alias, but network dump --include headers is the clearest plan form. Do not write network log headers',
   ],
   'react-devtools': [
diff --git a/src/commands/schema/cli-help-workflows.test.ts b/src/commands/schema/cli-help-workflows.test.ts
index f3318c48f2..d40247f20c 100644
--- a/src/commands/schema/cli-help-workflows.test.ts
+++ b/src/commands/schema/cli-help-workflows.test.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ test('usageForCommand resolves debugging help topic', async () => {
   assert.match(help, /agent-device alert wait 3000/);
   assert.match(help, /iOS support is runner-derived/);
   assert.match(help, /resolved app executable/);
-  assert.match(help, /--launch-console is only for direct iOS simulator app launches/);
+  assert.match(help, /--launch-console is only for local iOS simulator app launches/);
   assert.match(help, /runnerLogPath and requestLogPath/);
   assert.match(
     help,
diff --git a/src/commands/schema/cli-help-workflows.ts b/src/commands/schema/cli-help-workflows.ts
index 40a5b5c936..8db8856d9b 100644
--- a/src/commands/schema/cli-help-workflows.ts
+++ b/src/commands/schema/cli-help-workflows.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Logs:
   On iOS physical devices, logs clear --restart relaunches the session app through devicectl process launch --console so stdout/stderr can be captured.
   For iOS simulator launch-time stdout/stderr, use --launch-console on the direct app launch:
     agent-device open MyApp --platform ios --relaunch --launch-console ./artifacts/app.console.log
-  --launch-console is only for direct iOS simulator app launches, not URL opens.
+  --launch-console is only for local iOS simulator app launches, not URL opens.
 
 Events:
   Use events for a compact session timeline without dumping full app logs.